Transport in Slovakia
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Transport in Slovakia is possible by rail, road, air or rivers. Slovakia is a developed Central European country with a well-developed rail network (3,662 km) and a highway system (225.25 km). Main international airport is the M. R. Štefánik Airport in the capital, Bratislava. Most important waterway is the river Danube used both by passenger, cargo and freight ships.
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Railways[edit]
Main article: Rail transport in Slovakia
For more details on this topic, see Železnice Slovenskej republiky.
- total: 3,662 km
- broad gauge: 99 km of 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 27⁄32 in) gauge - used for freight transport only, see Uzhhorod - Košice broad gauge track
- standard gauge: 3,473 km of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) gauge (1,588 km electrified; 1,011 km double track)
- narrow gauge: 50 km (45 km of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) gauge; 5 km of 750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in) gauge)
(2008)
Roads[edit]
- total: 43,761 km
- paved: 38,085 km (including 384 km of expressways)
- unpaved: 5,676 km
(2008)
Highways[edit]
Main article: Highways in Slovakia
- Motorways
- D1: Bratislava - Trnava - Trenčín - Považská Bystrica - Žilina, Liptovský Mikuláš - Jánovce, Prešov - Košice - Záhor(SK/UA border)
- D2: Kúty (CZ/SK border) - Malacky - Bratislava - Jarovce (SK/H border)
- D3: Dolný Hričov - Žilina - Čadca - Skalité(SK/PL border)
- D4: Jarovce - (SK/A border)
- Expressways
- R1: Trnava - Nitra - Zvolen - Banská Bystrica
- R2: (SK/CZ border) - Trenčín - Prievidza - Zvolen - Rimavská Sobota - Košice
- R3: (SK/H border) - Zvolen - Martin - (SK/PL border)
- R4: (SK/H border) - Košice - Prešov - Svidník - (SK/PL border)
- R5: Svrčinovec - (SK/CZ border)
- R6: Beluša - Púchov - (SK/CZ border)
- R7: Bratislava - Nové Zámky - Krupina - Lučenec
Waterways[edit]
- 172 km on the Danube used both by passenger, cargo and freight ships of nearly all sizes.
Pipelines[edit]
- petroleum products 416 km; natural gas 6,769 km (2010)
Ports and harbors[edit]
Merchant marine[edit]
- total: 11 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 217,819 GRT/309,049 tonnes deadweight (DWT)
- ships by type: cargo 9, refrigerated cargo 2
(2010)
Airports[edit]
See:List of airports in Slovakia
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total: 37 (2012)
Airports with paved runways[edit]
| Length | Amount |
|---|---|
| over 3,047 m | 2 |
| 2,438 to 3,047 m | 2 |
| 1,524 to 2,437 m | 3 |
| 914 to 1,523 m | 3 |
| under 914 m | 9 |
| Total | 19 |
(2012)
Airports with unpaved runways[edit]
total: 18
- 914 to 1,523 m: 10
- under 914 m: 8
(2002)
Heliports[edit]
total: 1 (2012)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
This article incorporates public domain material from the CIA World Factbook website https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html.
